[Accessibleweb] On-line Course: Designing Universally Accessible Web BasedResources (fwd)

[Rick Ells]

You folks might be interested in this online course. Participate from the 
comfort of your own workstation, coffee cup near at hand.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:59:08 -0500
From: Jon Gunderson <jongund at UIUC.EDU>
To: ICITA-ANNOUNCE-L at LISTSERV.UIUC.EDU
Subject: On-line Course:  Designing Universally Accessible Web Based Resources

On-line Course
Designing Universally Accessible Web Resources

Instructor: Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., APT

Dates: September 30th, 2004 through December 17th, 2004

Meets weekly on Tuesday and Thursdays from 3:00-4:00pm (CST)

More information at:
http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/2004-09-REHAB711NC/overview.html

Course Overview
Universal design focuses on making web resources compatible
with the widest range of web browsing technologies which can
also easily adapt to the needs and capabilities of users
through the use of web standards. Web standards are all about
the concept of ÿÿinteroperabilityÿÿ, the ability of people to
access and exchange information on a wide range of computing
technologies and operating systems. The use of universal
design principles makes web resources more accessible to
people with disabilities, which results in all users having
more choices and control over how they view and use web
resources. Users with visual impairments can easily increase
font size using the text scaling features of browsers. People
who want to view two different web pages side by side can
change the widow width of their browser and content re-flows
to fit the size of the window. A PDA user can apply a user
style sheet to view only the headings of a web page to get an
overview of the topics, without having to do endless scrolling
through text on a small screen.

Course Outline
1. Alternative views of the web
2. Web Standards
3. Web accessibility standards
4. Design vs. repair for accessibility
5. Creating Structure and Layout
6. Using Cascading Style Sheets
7. Scripting alternatives for styling
8. Multi-Media
9. MS Office, PDF and Flash

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Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP
Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology
Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services
MC-574
College of Applied Life Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL  61820

Voice: (217) 244-5870
Fax: (217) 333-0248

E-mail: jongund at uiuc.edu

WWW: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/
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